Tale of an African Woman.

Mostrar otras versiones (2)

The village of Yakiri has been cursed by ancestral wrath because of the treatment of Yaa, the first girl who wrestled her male goatherd peers to earn the right to be initiated into the society of manhood. Her struggle is taken up generations later by Yaya, the granddaughter of Tafan and Wirba. Orpha...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jing, Thomas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Langaa RPCIG, 2008.
Temas:
Women > Education > Cameroon > Fiction.
Girls > Cameroon > Fiction.
Women > Africa > Fiction.
Cameroonian fiction (English)
Femmes > Éducation > Cameroun > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Filles > Cameroun > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Femmes > Afrique > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Roman camerounais (anglais)
FICTION > Literary.
Women > Education
Women
Manners and customs
Girls
Cameroon > Social life and customs > Fiction.
Cameroon
Africa
Fictional Work
Fiction
Fiction.
Romans.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The village of Yakiri has been cursed by ancestral wrath because of the treatment of Yaa, the first girl who wrestled her male goatherd peers to earn the right to be initiated into the society of manhood. Her struggle is taken up generations later by Yaya, the granddaughter of Tafan and Wirba. Orphaned like her forebear, Yaya becomes a star student in the village's primary school and promises to go far. But, ask the villagers, is it right to invest in an education for an African girl who may become the property of another village? An educated woman will abandon the farm where she is needed, we.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (331 pages)
ISBN:9789956716562
9956716561

Ejemplares similares